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Nairobi hosts third CMG Media Cooperation Forum

The third annual CMG Media Cooperation Forum was held on Monday in Nairobi, Kenya, under the theme “Deepening communication between Chinese and African civilizations and promoting a China-Africa community with a shared future in a new era”.
The gathering brought together various leaders and media stakeholders from both China and Africa, including Chinese Minister of Culture and Tourism Hu Heping, President of China Media Group Shen Haixiong, who sent a video message, Chinese Ambassador to Kenya Zhou Pingjian, Deputy Principal Secretary in Kenya’s Ministry of ICT Juliana Yiapan, CEO of the African Union of Broadcasting Gregoire NDJAKA, among others.
Speaking at the forum, Hu noted that in recent years, China and Africa have been expanding the scale and fields of their cooperation, with the cooperation mechanisms continuously improved under the framework of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.
He stressed that China and Africa shall consolidate consensus and tell stories about the China-Africa friendship.
“It is my hope that the Chinese and African media can work together to deliver more insightful and human-interest content. I also hope they can use accessible and communicative language in telling the stories of friendly communication, mutual benefits, win-win outcomes, and pursuit of dreams between China and Africa, in order to consolidate consensus and provide spiritual support to cooperation,” Hu said.
On his part, Shen called for greater collaboration between Chinese and African media in order to give the world a better understanding of both sides from an objective perspective.
“We will build a global public opinion environment that is fair, objective, positive and healthy so that we bring more stability and certainty to a fast-evolving world. We will promote exchanges and mutual learning between Chinese and African civilizations so that our world blooms with diversity,” he said.
Yiapan, who attended the Forum as the official representative of Kenya’s ICT Cabinet Secretary Eliud Owalo, thanked China for working together with Kenyan media stakeholders to deliver noteworthy media content.
“CMG reporters have worked closely with the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation and we acknowledge the level of exchange of technology,” she said.
CEO of the African Union of Broadcasting Gregoire NDJAKA stressed the need for African media to work in collaboration with partners that allowed them to tell African stories from their own perspective.
NDJAKA affirmed the continent’s readiness to further strengthen media relations with China and to take lessons from China’s experiences over the years.
Other speakers also stressed the need for stronger cooperation between Chinese and Kenyan media stakeholders, with a focus on telling Chinese and African stories objectively.
At the CMG Media Cooperation Forum, CMG also officially unveiled the second edition of the “Great to Meet You” China-Africa Youth Short Video Contest.
The purpose of the event is to collect more excellent short video works, so that China-Africa exchanges can be fully demonstrated through the lens of the younger generation. Selected works will have the opportunity to appear on CMG’s main outlets and other mainstream media platforms in Africa.
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PANDEF Clarifies Visit To Tinubu, Knocks Wike Over Inflammatory Comments

The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has called on President Bola Tinubu to prevail on the minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike to retract his publicly disparaging remarks made recently against the socio-political body.
PANDEF described as regrerrable and embarrassing comments by Wike in the aftermath of the group’s visit to Tinubu at the State House, Abuja, on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, even to the extent of insulting the late former Federal Commissioner for Information and South-South Leader, Chief Edwin.
Recall that the FCT minister had, on Thursday, during a media chat, described PANDEF as “the worst organisation anybody can rely on”, while also calling the board of trustee members of the body “political merchants”.
In a statement signed by PANDEF Chairman on Saturday in Abuja, Ambassador Godknows Boladei Igali, urged President Tinubu as the father of the nation, to prevail upon the Honourable Minister to retract his inflammatory statements and extend due respect to these eminent.
Igali clarified that the meeting with the president provided a valuable platform to discuss pressing issues of national and regional importance. Adding that “PANDEF remains unwavering in its commitment to peace, stability, and equitable development in the Niger Delta. We will continue to engage with great vigour, all relevant stakeholders in pursuit of lasting harmony in Rivers State and the broader South-South region.”
His words: ^To set the record straight, PANDEF the foremost socio-political body representing the South-South regions, composed of some of Nigeria’s most distinguished personalities. The delegation to Mr. President included chairpersons of at least four of the six SouthSouth states’ traditional councils, senior traditional rulers of major ethnic groups, former governors, past presiding officers of the Senate, prominent entrepreneurs, academics, and high-ranking retired military officers.
“It is, therefore, highly regrettable and totally unacceptable that a serving minister in the Federal Government would exhibit such brazen disrespect towards individuals of this standing. This attitude perhaps explains his continued refusal of the Minister to engage with the Peace and Reconciliation Committee, which PANDEF constituted as far back as October 2024, despite repeated attempts to reach.
“The Honourable Minister (Wike) characterized PANDEF as the worst organization ever” and accused its members of visiting the Presidential Villa merely to solicit financial favors. These statements are not only false but also unbecoming of a public official of his stature.
“PANDEF hereby calls upon Mr. President, as the father of the nation, to prevail upon the Honourable Minister to retract his inflammatory statements and extend due respect to these eminent Nigerians and traditional rulers who were, after all, esteemed guests of the Commander-in-Chief. It is apt to remind that the Minister does not own the Niger-Delta and his errant conduct should not be condoned.
“Notwithstanding this regrettable development, PANDEF remains unwavering in its commitment to peace, stability, and equitable development in the Niger Delta. We will continue to engage with great vigour, all relevant stakeholders in pursuit of lasting harmony in Rivers State and the broader South-South region,” Igali stated.
On efforts to restore peace in River State, Igali restated PANDEF’s commitment for peace in the oil-rich State.
“For the avoidance of doubt, the Peace and Reconciliation Committee, which remains committed to resolving the Rivers State crisis,” Igali stated.
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